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Kimberly Kearns
A Sober and Strong Mom:
Exploring Life Without Alcohol
A Mother's Journey
"It's all meant to bring you home, to remind you who you are, how to love, and how to never leave again."
- Laura McKowen
A Sober and Strong Mom blog serves as a healthy vessel of discovery.
To return home. To find freedom. To reclaim joy.
Join me in navigating motherhood, parenting and marriage.
Walk along beside me as I wander this beautiful, newly discovered sober life.
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Kim
- Dec 11, 2022
- 3 min
Living in a state of blackout...
I used to write sticky notes to myself and leave them everywhere when I was drunk to remember the things I did. I would read these notes...
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Kim
- Nov 23, 2022
- 3 min
FOMO vs. JOMO
FOMO: fear of missing out. JOMO: joy of missing out. Before I quit drinking, I used to experience FOMO on a regular basis. I wanted to be...
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Kim
- Oct 23, 2022
- 2 min
The vulnerable pieces of my book
I originally started out by writing this book as a way of processing all sorts of things that happened to me. But I decided to publish...
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Kim
- Oct 10, 2022
- 2 min
I drank enough to last a lifetime
I have heard some people who stopped drinking say that they used up all of their entire life's allowed alcohol consumption in the first...
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Kim
- Aug 19, 2022
- 2 min
A Friday Night in August
I am not sure why this random Friday evening in August is suddenly making me feel nostalgic about my drinking days, but this particular...
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Kim
- Aug 17, 2022
- 3 min
What if you could get a look into your future?
A friend said to me recently, "Can you imagine the 'you' of two years ago getting a sneak peak at what you're up to now?" That comment...
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Kim
- Jun 9, 2022
- 3 min
3 signs of a good friend
Perhaps one of the most difficult parts of sobriety is facing the judgement of others and the insecurity of our own feelings in the...
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Kim
- Apr 12, 2022
- 3 min
Sunshine and Sangria - when warm weather makes you crave alcohol
I have been sitting outside this week in the afternoons on our new Adirondack chairs down by the river before the kids come home from...
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Kim
- Mar 27, 2022
- 4 min
What propelled my drinking along?
I have had sweaty hands and feet since as long as I can remember. I always used the phrase, "I am an anxious person." I used it as an...
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Kim
- Mar 14, 2022
- 3 min
How did I used to view sober people?
I happened to look at the app today that calculates how many days sober I am. 470 days. When I think about the last year, 3 months and 13...
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Kim
- Feb 13, 2022
- 3 min
When someone asks if you want a drink
I keep hearing from people all over to keep writing. Keep sharing my story. And at times, it feels as if the only person I am writing for...
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Kim
- Feb 9, 2022
- 3 min
Behind the FEAR of getting sober
In our most recent interview for our podcast, I was talking to our guest about how much fun she has being sober. We talked about how this...
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Kim
- Jan 25, 2022
- 4 min
Going to a Bruins Game Sober
Last night I went to the Bruins game with my son, Brayden, in Boston. He had asked to go for his 11th birthday, and he originally asked...
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Kim
- Jan 10, 2022
- 3 min
I Still Think About Alcohol
Parker, my seven year old, had a rough day yesterday, which in turn made my day a hard one as well. I questioned my ability to parent, on...
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Kim
- Dec 25, 2021
- 3 min
Christmas Expectations
One of the hardest parts of going into any holiday is the expectations we often place on ourselves to make it the best we can for the...
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Kim
- Dec 17, 2021
- 4 min
The Path of Vulnerability
One of my friends asked me the other day about some of the things I said in my NPR interview and how I felt about it all. I haven't...
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Kim
- Nov 7, 2021
- 3 min
A surprising benefit of sobriety...
About five years ago, I began to notice that my stomach was not acting normal. This was about the time that I had started incorporating...
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Kim
- Oct 31, 2021
- 3 min
Halloween was always a dark night...
Halloween is another holiday that usually gave me license to drink without restraint. This was often a night where everyone around me was...
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Kim
- Oct 26, 2021
- 3 min
Anxiety
Anxiety has been a struggle for me since I was a kid. I never even knew I suffered from it and that is what I was dealing with, until I...
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